Concept and Proposal Development Facilitation at Hand in Hand Eastern Africa (HiH EA)

The Proposal

• In a bid to continue to position ourselves as a lead in enterprise creation, we have identified circular economy-waste management as one of the key drivers of sustainable job and enterprise development. As such we will be developing a full proposal to the Swedish Development Cooperation Agency for possible partnership and funding.

Overall goal of the Consultancy

• HIH EA is seeking to onboard a consultant to support in the development of a full proposal to SIDA.

The Scope of work will be to:

• Conduct internal/external desk analysis
• Facilitate key stakeholder engagements including staff, community, Government to discuss expected key outcome areas
• Facilitate development of the Theory of Change and Log frame for the proposal with a training/mentorship approach with HiH EA staff
• Conceptualize the intended approach and help HiH EA see it clearly
• Development of the full proposal in consultation with a select HiH EA core team
• facilitate budget development for the proposal
• Ensure that the tone, content, and design of the full proposal correspond to the requirements of SIDA Kenya strategic Priorities and HIH EA strategic and programmatic objectives

Key Deliverables

• Inception report with agreed methodology and timelines
• Full proposal with, theory of change, Log-frame and Budget
• Process report for future engagement

The exercise should be so planned and executed to allow the submission of proposal by mid November 2023

Qualifications of the Consultant(s):

• Master’s degree in related field
• A record of accomplishment in providing a range of technical advice across a number of sectors.
• Demonstrate knowledge of working on similar topics particularly in waste management, circular economy & climate action and be able to provide examples and references.
• Demonstrate with evidence backed by previous work - ability to develop quality high-level proposal to various donors
• Demonstrate success rate of proposals develops with live examples
• At least 7 years’ experience in the development of successful high value proposals
• Record of accomplishment in projects on eco-prenuership, circular economy-waste management, gender inclusion, climate change resilience, market developments and financial inclusion.
• Capacity to work with a multi-sector team and coordinate technical input into proposal.
• Capacity to conduct workshops with HIH EA staff, partner organizations and local stakeholders and compile input into proposal remotely.
• Ability to work rapidly with staff in the HQ and field staff directly and remotely in writing the proposal and where necessary revising the proposal(s).
• Good program design skills, including capacity to prepare logical, coherent and consistent proposal with related budget and log frames.

The proposal should be submitted via email: procurement@handinhandea.org specifying the reference number as the email subject by or before end of day Tuesday, 17th October 2023. The submissions should contain the profile of the consultant, an outline of the methodology, duration (work days) and financial proposition for the cost of the assignment in Kenya shillings, inclusive of taxes. The entire proposal document should not exceed 10 pages.